07-06-2017, 01:21 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
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Originally Posted by BEC
Jason,
I have a bulk box of very recent Alphas (using it to plan for what Pat commented on just above) and the fins appear to be the same planform as they have had since they went to laser cut. That planform IS different than the die-cut version , which is VERY close to the original SP-25 pattern.
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Thank you for confirming that (that the fin planform *hasn't* changed since they went to laser-cut fins).
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Originally Posted by BEC
I guess I'm going to have to see if I can find one in the new style packaging that Bob reported on. I've seen that packaging for awhile at my local Hobby Lobby - but they don't carry the Alpha. So maybe HobbyTown.....
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Yes! I agree with John Boren that this brief "decor scheme & kit header aberration" will make these particular Alpha kits collectors' items (for the same reason that short runs of accidentally upside-down printed postage stamps become collectors' items; they're so rare). And:
Thanks to pterodactyl for covering your Alpha 50th Anniversary project for the Museum of Flight! (Estes could possibly provide a batch of Alpha kits [although Alpha IIIs would be easier] as "Make It, Take It" rockets for the fun fly that will be part of the event--that might be a combination PR *and* tax write-off possibility for them...) |